Subject

Introduction to Emergency and Urban Development

  • code 12081
  • course 1
  • term Semester 1
  • type OB
  • credits 3

Main language of instruction: English

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Dra. María del Carmen MENDOZA - cmendoza@uic.es

Office hours

Monday through Thursday with previous appointment.

Introduction

This is an introductory course to the content, specific vocabulary and bibliography of the Master. It aims to set up the base for the courses that will follow, in order to familiarise the students. The introductory sessions will be ranging from Emergency to urban development, going through the concepts of gender and finishing with development theory.

Objectives

The course intends to give an overview of the main topics the students will encounter during the master such as: Humanitarian shelter and settlements; Urban regeneration and upgrading, and the theory of development. 

To introduce the challenges and debate around sustainable urbanism and upgrading strategies.

To introduce the concept design with culture as a key issue for sustainable development. To provide an overview of the main case studies and intervention strategies.

To gain a broad understanding of development theory and practice since inception and prior. To debate the nature and outcome of development practice.

Learning outcomes of the subject

Students will understand the complex economic and social factors of urban upgrading towards a sustainable outcome.

Students will delve into the strategic value of cultural resources in order to reinforce local identity and community engagement.

Students will identify the opportunities for local development based on the cultural heritage, and will apply intervention strategies properly adjusted to the specific context.

Students will gain a critical stance toward apprehending development and related issues. Personal perspectives with theoretical support will be encouraged. The course will cover the basic protagonists in mainstream and critical development theory.

Syllabus

The course will cover these aspects:

1. Introduction to the concept of urban environmental and social justice

2. Understanding the main themes involved in urban upgrading in developing contexts.

3. Case studies and methodology for sustainable upgrading strategies.

4. Introduction to the concept design with culture

5. Cultural landscapes and regional development. Case studies and methodology

6. Cultural landscapes and governance. Social and political issues

7. Understanding development: A discussion on various definitions and formats using selected bibliography.

8. A simple history of development and some thought regarding what influenced the change(s).

9. Critical perspectives on development and current debates and speculations from selected contemporary

bibliography

Teaching and learning activities

In person

 Lectures, text analysis, class discussions and writing sessions.

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person

Participation is compulsory and will count toward the final mark. Learning these broad subjects is best accomplished through debate. The student will write an article review which, along with class participation, accounts for their final grade.

Bibliography and resources

Basic bibliography (class material will be provided prior)

ALANEN, A. R. & MELNICK, R. Z. (eds.) (2000) Preserving

Cultural Landscapes in America. Baltimore: The Johns

Hopkins University Press.

BRINKERHOFF, J. M. (2011). David and Goliath: Diaspora

Organisations as Partners in the Development Industry.

Public Admin. Dev. 31 , 37-49.

ESCOBAR, A. (1995). Encountering Development: The

making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton:

Princeton University Press.

ESCOBAR, A., (2001). Culture sits in places: reflections on

globalism and subaltern strategies of localization. Political

Geography, (20), pp. 139-174.

FERNANDES, E. , (2011). Regularization of Informal

Settlements in Latin America. Cambridge: Lincoln Institute of

Land Policy.

HAYDEN, D. (1995) The Power of Place. Urban Landscapes

as Public History, MIT Press, Cambridge.

JACKSON, J. B. (1984) Discovering the Vernacular

Landscape. New Haven: Yale University Press.

LEYS, C. (2008). The Rise and Fall of Development Theory.

In M. Edelman, & A. Haugerud (Eds.), The Anthropology of

Development and Globalization:From Classical Political

Economy to Contemporary Neoliberalism (pp. 109-125).

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

MENDOZA ARROYO, C., Ngulube, M., & Colacios Parra, R.

(Eds.). (2011). Reflections on Development and Cooperation.

Barcelona: Universität Internacional de Catalunya.

NGULUBE, M. (2011). Development and the Dependency

Cycle: The [re]production of poverty in SubSaharan Africa. In

C. Mendoza Arroyo, M. Ngulube, & R. Colacios Parra (Eds.),

Reflections on Development and Cooperation (pp. 19-32).

Barcelona: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.

NUSTAD, K. G. (2001). Development: The devil We Know.

Third World Quarterly, Vol.22, No.4, 479-489.

POLVORA, J. B. (2011). Debating Development:

Contributions from Anthropology. In C. Mendoza Arroyo, M.

Ngulube, & R. Colacios Parra (Eds.), Reflections on

Development and Cooperation (pp. 9-18). Barcelona:

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.

RIST, G. (2002). The History of Development. From Western

Origins to Global Faith. London: Zed Books

SABATÉ, J.; SCHUSTER, J. M. (2001) Designing the

Llobegat Corridor. Cultural Landscapes and Regional

Development. Barcelona. Universitat Politècnica de

Catalunya, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

SACHS, W. (1992). The Development Dictionary, A guide to

knowledge as power. London: Zed Books.

STOKES, S. N.; WATSON, E. & MASTRAN, S. S. (1989)

Saving America’s Countryside, Johns Hopkins University

Press, London.

VALL, P. (2008) “Revisión metodológica sobre el

planeamiento de un paisaje cultural. El Plan Director

Urbanístico de las Colonias del Llobregat”, Urban 13, 122-

136. Madrid. Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del

Territorio.

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